Tasting Montefalco Sagrantino and Rosso

In the heart of eastern Umbria, lying in a vast bowl-shaped valley of the Apennine range, are the vineyards that harbor the indigenous red sagrantino grape. These vineyards surround the hill-town of Montefalco, one of the smallest and most charming of all of Italy's quaint and

charming hill-towns, population 5,702 (in 2007). Sagrantino has been grown her…